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Introducing Opinionated Video Hangouts

By Andrew Rosenthal May 4, 2012 7:31 pmMay 4, 2012 7:31 pm

Over the past several months, The Times has been experimenting with Google+ Hangouts, an innovative feature of Google+ that has allowed us to host live video conversations between our journalists and our readers and broadcast them publicly. Here in the Opinion department, we are excited to announce a special series of Hangouts that we’ll debut over the coming months.

To begin, Nicholas D. Kristof will be hosting a live Hangout this month with Susan E. Rice, the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. Next week, we will begin seeking participants to join that discussion with them about foreign policy and human rights.

We will also be convening a range of other Google+ Hangouts, including:

Room for DebateRoom for Debate is a forum for timely analysis and opinion on the news, a place where leading experts discuss events and provocative topics. This Hangout will bring the format alive on video for the first time and open the discussion to viewers.

Health Care
Ezekiel J. Emanuel, an oncologist and former White House advisor, is a contributing opinion writer for The Times on health and health policy. Dr. Emanuel’s Hangout will engage readers in a timely discussion around the topic.

Civil War
Our Disunion series revisits and reconsiders the Civil War using contemporary accounts, diaries, images and historical assessments. In the Disunion Hangout, series contributors will discuss an element of the war and take questions from fellow history buffs.

Op-Docs
This is the Opinion department’s forum for short, opinionated documentaries by both renowned and emerging filmmakers who express their views on current affairs, contemporary life and historical subjects. We will present this Hangout as a discussion with one of our filmmakers.

Please stay tuned for more information on these Hangouts. In the meantime, we invite you to add The Times and Nicholas Kristof to your circles on Google+ and to stay in touch.